HOSPITAL DEATHS FOR MEDICARE PATIENTS IN UTAH

The following are Utah hospital death rates for Medicare patients who died within 30 and 180 days of admittance, according to the U.S. Health Care Finance Administration.

They are compared with figures the agency figured the hospitals should have had, based on national averages for the types of patients and illnesses treated:Allen Memorial Hospital, Moab: 30-day death rate, 10.8 percent - slightly higher than predicted rate of 10.6 percent; 180-day death rate, 16.9 percent - lower than predicted rate of 18.3 percent.